Empire Newsletter

Blockworks Research data shows that VC spending is back on the rise after a slow May

Apps are doing well, as is casino gaming, says Tom Schmidt of Dragonfly

Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi and 6MV’s Mike Dudas discuss the recent “staid and rational” behavior of crypto markets

“We’re not really doing anything controversial,” said co-founder Zak Folkman at Permissionless last week

Framework’s Michael Anderson explains what tokens need in order to be successful

Prediction markets have found a mainstream fit

Walter Hessert, Head of Strategy at Paxos, told Blockworks that firms are recognizing a need for stablecoins

The $135 million raise shows that TradFi giants are serious about crypto adoption

Frachtis is focused on pre-seed and seed rounds in both consumer apps and AI

Crossover’s CEO discusses institutional interest and how over-the-counter (OTC) trading has picked up in crypto

In a new letter, Gemini alleges that the CFTC’s DOE had ulterior motives for 2022 suit

If we get an altcoin season, it’ll be focused on tokens deemed “ fundamentally valuable enough for traditional public money and capital” to get involved with

BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein noted that the firm had been looking into crypto since 2017

Here’s a look at who owns bitcoin

Franklin Templeton’s Roger Bayston tells Blockworks that stablecoins and market funds ‘complement’ each other

Blockworks Research’s Boccaccio explains why he likes Plasma “overall”

Chainalysis, Kraken, Fireblocks and Gemini are on the list, but we might not see a redo of Circle’s success

Circle had a pretty successful first day of trading, but what’s next for the stablecoin issuer?

Circle goes public on the NYSE Thursday — here’s what to expect

K33 analyst Vetle Lunde warned of potential volatility ahead

The funding was spread out across 61 rounds, a slight dip in both number of rounds and total funding in comparison to other months

A Blockworks Research report looked at who could take up some of the marketshare in the launchpad space

Business-to-business stablecoin payments are on the rise, per a report from Artemis, Dragonfly and Castle Island

Jay Woods, Chief Global Strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, said it would be “very rare” for an acquisition to happen since the IPO may occur as soon as next week